The IUD jewelry is created by Virginia Smith, an Etsy jeweler and gynecologist. Smith started making the earrings when one of her colleagues asked her to create IUD-shaped jewelry. "I made a mold and used several materials at first that didn't work as well," Smith told the Denver Post. "Then, in a craft store, I found this resin... put glitter and colors in them, and there you have it."

The topic of safe and low-cost contraceptives is a necessary one, and IUD jewelry brings a certain lightheartedness to such an important conversation. "It helps kind of get the conversation going, as well as alleviate fears people have when they hear the term IUD," Dr. Larry Wolk, Colorado's chief medical officer, told the Denver Post.